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Web Host Industry Review News for February 19, 2010

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Cisco Ends Channel Partnership with HP
February 19, 2010 -- Cisco announced on Friday via its partner blog it is ending a long term channel partnership with HP.

Applied Innovations to Deploy WebsiteSpark Managed Hosting Cluster
February 19, 2010 -- Hosting solutions provider Applied Innovations has partnered with Microsoft to deploy 500 Hyper-V-based managed virtual private servers to provide enterprise-grade hosting at no cost for one year to small businesses in Microsoft's WebsiteSpark Program.

Peak 10 Names New GM/Regional VP of Raleigh
February 19, 2010 -- Managed hosting provider Peak 10 announced on Friday it has named Marilyn Finfrock the company's new vice president and general manager of its Raleigh operations.

Go Daddy Supports Alipay, China's Top Online Payment Platform
February 18, 2010 -- Adapting to its growing worldwide customer base, US-based web host and domain registrar Go Daddy offering Alipay, China's leading payment platform, making it easier for Chinese customers to build and maintain an online presence.

Yahoo! and Microsoft Receive US and EU Clearance to Implement Search Alliance
February 18, 2010 -- In what they hope will take them a step closer to wrestling search engine market share from Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft have received clearance for their search agreement from both the US Department of Justice and the European Commission.

Data Centers Canada Offers IPv6 at Data Centers
February 18, 2010 -- Canadian data center operator Data Centers Canada announced on Thursday it is now offering IPv6 at its Toronto Canada data centers.

Apptix Wins 100,000 Seat Hosted Exchange Email Contract
February 18, 2010 -- Apptix, a provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange email, Microsoft SharePoint, and business VoIP services, has been awarded a contract to provide standardized email services for more than 100,000 employees of one of the largest US healthcare systems.

CSC Names President of Global Sales and Marketing
February 18, 2010 -- Business technology solutions and services provider CSC announced on Thursday it has promoted Peter Allen to president of global sales and marketing.

Web Host SoftLayer Moves HQ to Digital Realty Property
February 18, 2010 -- Data center operator Digital Realty Trust announced on Thursday it has completed a multi-faceted lease agreement with Web hosting provider SoftLayer, where it will house its headquarters and data centers in a DRT property in the Dallas area.

Web Host SunGard to Expand Data Centers in Georgia
February 18, 2010 -- Managed hosting provider SunGard Availability Services announced on Thursday it is expanding its data centers in Midtown Atlanta and Smyrna, Georgia to meet its increasing customer demand.


Feature Articles & Industry Insights

Q&A With Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov, on Parallels Summit
February 17, 2010 -- In an email conversation with the Web Host Industry Review, Parallels CEO Serguei Beloussov, discusses the company’s upcoming Parallels Summit, scheduled for February 22-24 in Miami, Florida

The Planet CEO Doug Erwin Discusses Free Server Program
February 12, 2010 -- Last month, IT hosting provider The Planet launched Sand Castle, a program designed to help eliminate the technology price barriers by offering a free server to developers and entrepreneurs looking to develop new applications and products. For company chairman and chief executive officer Doug Erwin, he sees this as the best way for him to help out fellow Americans during what is considered the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Noise Filter: Italy Holds YouTube Accountable For Hosted Content
February 11, 2010 -- The Italian government plans to extend TV-broadcasting regulations to YouTube. This controversial new draft decree breaks with the European Union's general policy on service transmission, and has sparked much debate within the Internet community.

Inside CloudLinux's New Linux-Based Cloud OS
February 8, 2010 -- For the past 13-years, Igor Seletskiy has developed a series of innovative new products for the hosting industry, including the control panel H-Sphere, container-based virtualization product FreeVPS, single server control panel CP+, Web-based file manager WebShell, and website building tool SiteStudio.

Q&A: Thomas Stohe, WebhostingDay
February 4, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Thomas Stohe, director of Intergenia AG and WebhostingDay organizer discusses this year's agenda and his expectations for the event.

New Logicworks Portal Gives Hosting Customers Control, Transparency
February 3, 2010 -- Enterprise hosting and private cloud solutions provider Logicworks has launched the latest release of their client portal, LogicOps 3.0, providing an integrated operations support system for rapid service delivery, provisioning, detailed ticketing, change management, transparency and audit tracking.

Inside 3Tera's New Cloud Certification Programs
January 27, 2010 -- Training and certification have long gone hand in hand across all industry sectors, but particularly within the IT industry. For years, tech giants like Microsoft, Oracle, and Cisco have been offering certification programs for their products and services.

Q&A: Lisa Rhodes of Verne Global on Iceland Data Center
January 25, 2009 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Lisa Rhodes, vice president of marketing and sales at Verne Global, discusses the company’s recently announced 430,600-square-foot data center complex project in Iceland.

New HP Hardware Gives Data Center Configurations Added Density
January 23, 2009 -- Driven by industry demands of infrastructure performance and efficiency, Hewlett-Packard's latest line of servers, storage, software and networking products has been built to work together to form scalable computing spaces. In November 2009, HP unveiled the ProLiant BL2x220c G6 blade, the HP Cluster Platform 3000SL, and the ProLiant SL165z G6 server, which integrate with each other and with existing IT infrastructure to dramatically increase server density, and give customers more value from their physical data center space.

Q&A: Kevin Dean, Interxion
January 22, 2010 -- In an email interview with the WHIR, Kevin Dean discusses his recent appointment as Interxion's senior vice president marketing and chief marketing officer and how he will contribute to the future growth of Interxion.

 
Interview with Alex Berry of Neustar.: February 10, 2010 -- WHIR tv had a chance to sit down with Alex Berry, senior vice president and general manager of Neustar's Internet Infrastructure Services group. Check out what he has to say about the company and some of their products in this WHIR tv

Interview with John Kane, VP of Corporate Services at Afilias.: December 2, 2009 -- I had a chance to catch up with John Kane and discuss Afilias' newest products. Check out the video and see what Kane has to say about their DNS service and what exciting new products they're offering hosters.

WHIR tv interviews David Wartell, VP at R1Soft: October 9, 2009 -- WHIR tv spoke with David Wartell about new software R1Soft has recently released. Check out the video and see what he has to say about it.

WHIR tv interviews Gray Hall, CEO at Alert Logic: October 1, 2009 -- WHIR tv caught up with Gray Hall, Alert Logics new CEO. He explains why he moved from VeriCenter to Alert Logic and why the Alert Logic business strategy is above and beyond the competition.

WHIR tv interviews Sajai Krishnan, CEO of Parascale: September 30, 2009 -- WHIR tv was happy to conduct an in-depth interview with Parascale CEO, Sajai Krishnan. Krishnan explains the benefits to the easy-to-operate cloud storage platform offered by Parascale.

Interview with Chris Sheridan, VP Sales eNom: August 21,2009 -- I had a chance to speak with Chris Sheridan, VP of Sales at eNom, at this years HostingCon. Check out the video!

WHIR tv interviews Michael Blend, CEO of eNom/EVP Demand Media: August 20, 2009 -- WHIR tv caught up with Michael Blend, CEO of eNom as well as EVP at Demand Media. Be sure to see the follow up interview with eNom's VP sales, Chris Sheridan.

WHIR tv interviews Lance Crosby, CEO of SoftLayer: May 5, 2009 -- WHIR tv was in Dallas to talk to SoftLayer CEO, Lance Crosby. He discusses their decision to partner with Mezeo and what the Personal Cloud Storage platform means to the cloud computing landscape.

Video Feature- WHIR tv interviews Steve Lesem, CEO of Mezeo: May 5, 2009 - WHIR tv talked with Steve Lesem of Mezeo about their recent collaboration with SoftLayer Technologies. Check out what Steve has to say about the advent of Mezeo, what's happening presently and what the future has in store for this exciting c

Video Feature- WHIR tv tours SoftLayer's Dallas data center: April 4, 2009 - WHIR tv went down to Dallas, Texas to tour SoftLayer's impressive data center. CEO, Lance Crosby gives us a tour while CTO,Nathan Day, gives us some insight into SoftLayer's structure and vision.  

 
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